Speak up again with the message of the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all: &#8216;My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the <sc>Lordsc> will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.&#8217;&#8221;p>

So I asked the angelic messenger<n id="1" /> who spoke with me, &#8220;What are these?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;These are the horns<n id="2" /> that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath &#8211; these are all things that I hate,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all says, &#8216;In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of &#8211; indeed, grab &#8211; the robe of one Jew and say, &#8220;Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured.<n id="1" /> Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep<n id="2" /> and tear off their hooves.p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire;p> <p class="poetry">I will refine them like silver is refinedp> <p class="poetry">and will test them like gold is tested.p> <p class="poetry">They will call on my name and I will answer;p> <p class="poetry">I will say, &#8216;These are my people,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and they will say, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> is my God.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

I asked, &#8220;What are these going to do?&#8221; He answered, &#8220;These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen.<n id="1" /> But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah&#8217;s enemies<n id="2" /> and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>